Another way is using "nested msi" type custom action. ... View more

Did you try /c ""[INSTALLDIR]bin\myBatch.bat" "[BATCHARG]"" ? ... View more

PepeTa wrote: When creating a new Basic MSI Project we set up version numbers as follow: yyyy.mm.000x, Ex. 2010.09.0001 but when we go to the Application Information and set the version number as above we get an error message: Invalid version entered. The version number must contain only number and must be in the format aaa.bbb.ccccc or aaa.bbb.ccccc.ddddd MSDN: The value of the ProductVersion property is the version of the product in string format. This property is REQUIRED. The format of the string is as follows: major.minor.build The first field is the major version and has a maximum value of 255. The second field is the minor version and has a maximum value of 255. The third field is called the build version or the update version and has a maximum value of 65,535. In such cases you official version could be 2010.09.0001, but for Windows Installer you should set for example 210.09.0001 .So you can populate your program till 2055 🙂 ... View more

MBLance wrote: ...is one of the .exe files in the existing installation has file version 10.9.11.0, but the version of the file I am trying to overwrite it with (in the installer) is 10.9.22.0. It could be a bug of Windows Installer. WI sometimes ignore two last positions of version. Try to change it to 10.922.0.0 ... View more

Just delete "/qb" Link1: mymsi.msi DATABASETYPE=1 Link2: mymsi.msi DATABASETYPE=2 Feature databaseA contains files for Database A Feature databaseB contains files for Database B Feature databaseA condition should be DATABASETYPE="1" Feature databaseB condition should be DATABASETYPE="2" ... View more

palanisamy wrote: Hi , My project type is InstallscriptMSI, After file copy i want to extract .zip files, If there i any work around available in Installshield. You can use opensource 7zip tool. See... http://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?t=195175 ... View more

Just pass globalproperties during calling your msi: msiexec.exe /i mymsi.msi /qb GLOBALPROPERTY=1 And setup related with property feature condition to: GLOBALPROPERTY="1" (Your feature will be installed only if value of the property is "1"). Another way is using INSTALLLEVEL property. Each feature has own installlevel (see feature attributes). Feature will be installed only if global property INSTALLLEVEL > own install level ... View more

Also note that only files with filled version field can be overwritten. Just set version for all files like "1.0.0.0" ... View more

You can use 7za.exe executable for unpacking your zip files. 7za.exe is a part of 7Zip tool (freeware) (http://www.7-zip.org) You can easily unpck it by using command line in Custom Action: 7za.exe x " " -o -y ... View more

The installation contex is different for your packages: third party installer contex is CurrentUser your installer conex is SomeAdministrator Just try to run both installers under one contex. it could be SomeAdministrator conex. In this scenario third party installer will create shortcut for SomeAdminitrator that easily can be deleted. ... View more

We are using VBScript to setup corporate standarts to Summary Information Stream. ... View more

if you don't want to remove "User specific files" files during uninstall just mark component as "Permanent" (see component attributes). ... View more

Ivan_mysammy wrote: Rouslan, for the first method, how to set "Component" field in RemoveFile table? The file to be removed is not associated with any component, but generated by the application. Thanks You can set any component. For examle: FileKey: MyRandomKey123 (any uniq key for RemoveFile table) Component_: MyExistingComponent (any existing component) FileName: myFileToDelete.tmp (exact file name) DirProperty: MYDIRECTORY (directory key from Directory table for your file location) InstallMode: 2 (Remove only when the associated component (MyExistingComponent) is being removed) ... View more

1)You can use "System Search" to search for java.exe in "ProgramFiles\Java". in successfull search case some property "MY_SYSTEM_SEARCH_PROPERTY" will be defined. 2)After you can use "Error Message" type custom action to show your "Please install JRE..." message with "MY_SYSTEM_SEARCH_PROPERTY" in conditions (this means that property defined). ... View more